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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Caren,Tasted my first Boskoop last Fall, thanks to Dave Benscoter. Dandy 
apple, worth the wait, and I love to bake.

Dave Liezen E. WA zone 5/6


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> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:04:10 -0500
> From: quirky@videotron.ca
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Bramley and Cox's Orange Pippin Apples in the North
>
> Thanks Doug and Claude.
>
> I did have a Boskoop that I got from Siloam, It was a lovely young tree
> which I had high hopes for, until during a storm, a 60ft maple came
> crashing down on top of it splintering it into pieces!
>
> Unfortunately after that I got disheartened, and decided to fill the
> space with a larger, locally-procured Priscilla, which is doing well so far.
>
> Maybe I'll try a Boskoop, still it would be great to taste one before
> investing (time and money) again. I believe they are particularly slow
> to bear. My best friend lives in Holland, and has had them, but I am not
> sure she's a big cooking apple fan.
>
> For the Cox, I know it's not a Cox sport but I got the Reine de Reinette
> thinking it would give me something similar on a tree that's hardy
> enough to survive here. Maybe I am kidding myself! Haven't had any
> apples from it yet so can't comment.
>
> We do what we can! Perhaps I'll save up and buy another Boskoop after
> all, If I don't fill up my last space with something else first!
>
> Thanks again for the advice,
>
> Caren Kirk
> St. Jerome, QC
>
> On 2/27/2012 10:02 PM, Claude Jolicoeur wrote:
> > Le 21:49 12.02.27, vous avez écrit:
> >> done so already you might try Belle de Boskoop or Sandow as cookers of
> >> quality: Claude Jolicoeur reports them hardy with him.
> > Yes, they both are great apples and hardy in zone
> > 4 at 80 km north-east of Quebec City, in the Charlevoix county.
> >
> > And as a Cox type, as I was saying in a previous
> > message, I have Golden Nugget (Golden rsst x Cox)
> > that does well and also Rubinette (Golden
> > Delicious x Cox). Both are great tasting apples.
> > And both have been there for over 15 years now
> > and are healthy and vigorous, so their hardiness
> > is good. Interestingly, looking back at my notes,
> > these 2 were sent to me by Fred Janson in 1995. A
> > truly great shipment he sent me that day.
> >
> > Claude
> >
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